Overview

There are many research opportunities for trainees within the Division. Each trainee selects, in consultation with his/her advisor, that research program best suited to his/her career goals. The research tracks are as follows:

Clinical Research

Program	Director / Co-Directors
Antimicrobial Evaluation Unit	John Perfect
Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group	John Bartlett
Hospital Epi/Infection Control	Keith Kaye
TB Program	Carol Dukes Hamilton
Program in Biodefense	Keith Kaye, Christopher Woods
International Programs	John Hamilton, John Bartlett, Ralph Corey, Nathan Thielman

Basic Research

Laboratory	Director(s)
Molecular Virology	John Hamilton
Molecular Ecology	Ken Wilson
Molecular Mycology	John Perfect, Gary Cox, Andrew Alspaugh
Mycobacterial Genetics	Richard Frothingham
RNA Processing	Mariano Garcia-Blanco
Molecular Fungal Pathogenesis	Joseph Heitman
Clinical Microbiology	Barth Reller
Viral Pathogenesis	Matthias Gromeier
Molecular Pathogenesis of Lung Injury	Karen Welty-Wolf

Training Grants

Program	Director
Interdisciplinary Research Training Program in AIDS	Charles Hicks
Mentored Clinical Research Scholar Program	John Hamilton

Minority recruitment in basic and clinical research

Recognizing the need for increased minority representation in medical research, the Training Programs have adopted the following general goals:

Identify talented and interested minority students at all grade levels from high school through fellowship who may wish to become career biomedical scientists.
Encourage and facilitate the development of these candidates through the collaboration and support provided by the medical research enterprise at Duke University including our training programs.
Assist in the placement of those individuals at each level into more advanced positions leading to the final goal of a fully independent research investigator.